Selenium sendKeys with Chrome- Hebrew - google-chrome

Question

I try to use:
action.sendKeys("some phrase with a dot, for example: www.google.co.il ");
but when i run the program what the action writes is:
www*google*co*il
the * represent hebrew character.
I can disable this only by disabling the hebrew language in my computer.
I tried to bypass the problem by using JS: set.attribute but it makes a lot of problems and i need something better.
Is there a function similar to sendkeys or a way to fix it?

Answer 1

You can try JavascriptExecuter using below code:
WebElement text= driver.findElement(By.name("q"));
JavascriptExecutor jsExecutor = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
jsExecutor.executeScript("arguments[0].value='test input';", text);
Webelement is the textbox where your need to write the value.
Or you can try some copy paste action after clicking into text box.
actions.click();
Refer to this URL for help:
http://www.helloselenium.com/2015/03/how-to-set-string-to-clipboard-data.html

Answer 2

I found out a way to change language during the tests while I solved another problem related to Upload a picture. there is this freeware called AuTOIT that you can use to help you with dialogs on Windows. I wrote a script to push the alt and click shift and my language is changed.
To change the language, I use the line:
Runtime.getRuntime().exec("path_of_script_here/name_of_script_here.exe");
The script was made the following way:
Open a text file.
Inside the file write:
Send ("{ALTDOWN}") ;Hold down Alt
Sleep(100) ;Wait 100 milliseconds
Send("{LSHIFT}{ALTUP}") ;Press Left-Shift and release Alt
Save as .au3 file.
Download and install AUTOIT.
Compile the script and then exe file will be created.
Run the test.
Hope this will help everyone else who encounters this problem. If something is not clear, ask me and I will gladly help.